Apple affiche sa gourmandise face aux groupes de presse

(Publication d'un vieux draft de... 2011)

Voici un article en Français qui explique a nouveau le "problème" des groupes de presse Belges avec Apple.

Le soir.be - Apple affiche sa gourmandise face aux groupes de presse: "« Vingt et une de nos nouvelles applications ou des mises à jour d’applications existantes ont été refusées par Apple depuis le début de l’année, explique Jean-Paul de Ville, le patron d’AppSolution, une jeune entreprise bruxelloise spécialisée dans le développement de programmes pour les tablettes et les smartphones. Une situation qui illustre l’insécurité dans laquelle doivent travailler aujourd’hui les développeurs d’applications, confrontés à la stratégie d’Apple qui n’hésite pas à changer brutalement ses règles. »

Pourquoi je n'ai pas suivi Apple à 100%

L'année passée j'ai investi dans le matériel Apple, ensuite j'ai évalué l'opportunité de devenir développeur iPhone/iPad moi-même et j'ai décide de ne pas le faire:

• le modèle de programmation me semblait trop peu productif et complexe pour de la simple lecture électronique
• les développeurs Off-shore ou near-shore sont aussi bons que moi et moi chers
• l'ecosystème Apple (communauté) me semblait trop fermé

En lieu et place, j'ai préféré réfléchir sur l'architecture des systèmes de lecture électronique. Une bonne réflexion par rapport aux canaux de distribution pour les journaux devrait selon moi s'orienter autour des axes suivants :

• gestion centralisée du contenu
• avoir au moins 3 canaux de distribution numérique payant, transparents pour le client avec services à valeur ajoutée
• indépendance du lecteur (on doit pouvoir lire ses articles sur n'importe quel appareil)
• contrôle suffisant d'au moins un canal de distribution électronique
• utilisation des standards ouverts, afin de ne pas dépendre de fournisseurs technologiques (Ex: Apple AppStore, Adobe DRM...) : HTML, PDF, ePUB...

The ultimate goal of enterprise architecture

In the Vlerick Corporate Partnership Magazine of September 11' I was
surprised to read the following :

"The ultimate goal of Enterprise Architecture is to implement a
business strategy with an IT roadmap" Joachim Vanden Brande, Loqutus.

With all respect I have to Joachim (I know him a little bit) I
disagree with that statement : Entreprise Architecture is about the
Entreprise, not about IT. Otherwise it's called IT architecture.

To me EA is also applicable to companies which have no IT. All
enterprises have an architecture regardless of the use of IT.
Enterprises of the middle ages had an enterprise architecture.

The mix between IT and Enterprise Architecture has 2 main causes:
- IT has methods and techniques that strongly connect with the
enterprise. IT has user repositories, IT knows about all locations to
protect them with access control (badges), IT knows about the customers
via CRM, IT knows about suppliers via EDI...

- IT has become an important and sometimes central element of the
enterprise architecture. For example, there are few banks who could
operate without computers (but banks existed before computers, right...)

The ultimate goal of Entreprise Architecture is to help the enterprise
to better know itself in order to define the right strategy to achieve
its goals.

---
Jean-Francois Declercq
http://www.appe.biz/contact
+32 486 744 520

Conjonctions de coordination

café-restaurant de la forêt: OU EST DONC MON RICARD : Conjonctions de coordination

ING change ses services à la baisse et ça m'énerve

Tout fout le camp. J'ai l'impression qu'il y en a pas mal qui sont en train de revoir leurs niveaux de service pour faire face à la crise et conserver leur rentabilité. Du style "pot de Yaourt plus petits au même prix". Le meilleur exemple que j'ai pour l'instant est ING.

Je viens de recevoir coup sur coup plusieurs changements inattendus et embêtants de leur part.

Tout d'abord depuis plusieurs années j'étais content de ma VISA et de mon compte Flexis associé qui me permettait de rembourser mes frais VISA quand je le voulais. En un coup, la collaboration avec VISA s'est arrêtée et j'ai dû prendre une nouvelle... Mastercard avec de nouvelles conditions.

Récement, un premier email nous annonce des changements importants sur les comptes en banque. Il y a toute une série de frais qui se rajoutent. Par exemple, si je vais maintenant retirer de l'argent dans un "self" KBC, je vais payer 50 cents.

Un deuxième email, m'annonce que vu les "problèmes de sécurité sur Internet", les cartes de crédit ne permettront plus de faire des transactions de plus de 650€ par jour. Si l'ont veut plus, on doit prendre rendez-vous à l'agence ! Cela me cause directement un problème par rapport à un cas d'utilisation très important pour moi  : acheter des voyages Last Minute sur Internet. Pour deux personnes, même un city-trip ca peux dépasser 650€. Autant payer avec Home-Bank alors... Je supprime ma Mastercard ?

Je peux aussi rajoute que sur un compte Lion "Professionnel" on ne peux pas obtenir d'extraits de comptes ni au self Bank, ni via la poste...

Ça fait de plus en plus de petites contrariétés et, ca n'arrive pas souvent,  ça m'énerve.

Je commence à me demander si devrais-je aller visiter une autre Banque ? Ou est-ce une tendance générale du secteur Bancaire ?

7 years to achieve my goal

After 7 years of playing Water-Polo, the game had no secrets anymore for me. I could organize the team when it was disorganized. I could tell the other players what to do. I could influence the team by putting the fastest in the attack and place the others in order to slow down the other team. I had a complete vision on the game: players, rules, tactics, tricks. The only things that I could improve was swimming (more training and less beers) and technique. Look at me scoring a goal on Youtube...

 

http://www.lowas.be/old/pagename_MyFisrtYouTubeVideo.html

 

After more than 7 years working on "Middelware" (Portals, ECM, SOA, BPM), I feel I "master" those topics. I know ho to setup a team, how to start, how to make all kind of specifications, scope and estimate the hardware, the software, the project. I know most of the solutions, the competition and the prices. I have a feeling on how much the solution is worth in function of the Business Value...

 

In 2010 I started new activities in the field of "Digital Reading". I learned about eBooks, eBookStores, newsstands, digital magazines, epub, epaper, the kindle format, Library Systems, iPad Apps, Android... In 2011 I won my first projets and I feel like it's when I was a new Water-Polo player. I enjoy the game but I have not yet all elements in hands. I still need to meet important players, integrate some complex rules, play more matches...

 

I believe it will take me 7 years to achieve my goal: become a WorldWide expert in the field of Digital Reading (eReading).

 

Real options valuation

Real options valuation, also often termed Real options analysis,^[1] (ROV or ROA) applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions.^[2] A real option itself, is the right — but not the obligation — to undertake some business decision; typically the option to make, abandon, expand, or contract a capital investment. For example, the opportunity to invest in the expansion of a firm's factory, or alternatively to sell the factory, is a real call or put option, respectively.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_options_valuation

Real options valuation

Real options valuation, also often termed Real options analysis,^[1] (ROV or ROA) applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions.^[2] A real option itself, is the right — but not the obligation — to undertake some business decision; typically the option to make, abandon, expand, or contract a capital investment. For example, the opportunity to invest in the expansion of a firm's factory, or alternatively to sell the factory, is a real call or put option, respectively.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_options_valuation

Note: People in the metro are so closed

People in the metro are so closed.  100 people in a wagon and nobody interacts.  Am I the only one who looks around and sees the others ?
Aren't we all loosing something by remaining silent ?

Acheter des livres !

Arnaud Nourry, PDG d'Hachette, qui déclarait le 4 septembre sur France

culture que « le numérique c'est formidable mais que dans dix ans,

tous les livres que vous avez achetés au format numérique, vous ne

pourrez plus les lire. Ca s'est passé dans la vidéo, Ca s'est passé

dans tous les formats de techno. Achetez des livres ».

Acheter des livres !

Arnaud Nourry, PDG d'Hachette, qui déclarait le 4 septembre sur France

culture que « le numérique c'est formidable mais que dans dix ans,

tous les livres que vous avez achetés au format numérique, vous ne

pourrez plus les lire. Ca s'est passé dans la vidéo, Ca s'est passé

dans tous les formats de techno. Achetez des livres ».

Generic / Specific Criterias

Generic criteria :

- complete

- consistent

- correct

- current

- feasible

- in scope

- unambiguous

- verifiable

 

Specific criteria

- prioritization

- safety

- functional coherence

...

 

Test Types:

- Functionality

- Usablibility

- Reliability

- Performance

- Stability

- Security

- Maintainablility

 

--
Jean-François Declercq
http://www.appe.biz/contact
+32 486 744 520

Top Down / Bottom Up

If you want to define great winning projects, you need to be able to reconcile a top-down and a bottom-up analysis.

The 4 screens

- smartphones
- pc
- consoles
- tv

SMS Texting

BM Val Be my valentine

CU@ See you at ...

CU Soon See you soon

XO Hugs and kisses

IAD8 It’s a date

IM 4 U I am for you

Its F8 It’s fate

KOTC Kiss on the cheek

LDR Long distance relationship

LSKOL Long slow kiss on the lips

LTNS Long time no see

Luv U2 Love you too

Luv U Love You

MU Miss you

MUSM Miss you so much

QT Cutie

WAN2:-* Want to kiss?

U4E Yours forever

UR4Me You are for me

A3 Anyplace, anytime, anywhere

B4N Bye for now

BCNU Be seeing you

BOL Best of luck

CUL See you later

DNR Dinner

EZ Easy

FYI For your information

GMTA Great minds think alike

HAND Have a nice day

HRU How are you

IYKWIM If you know what I mean

L8R Later

JK Just kidding

MTE My thoughts exactly

NE1 Anyone

NP No problem

OIC Oh, I see

PCM Please call me

PLS Please

ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing

RUOK Are you OK?

THNQ Thank you

TTFN Ta-Ta for now

UROK You are OK

XLNT Excellent

brb be right back

btw by the way

imho in my humble opinion

imnsho in my not so humble opinion

lol laughing out loud

rtfm read the manual

ygm you got mail

:-) Smiling

:-* Kiss

:-D -- Laughter

:-)) Very happy

;-) Winking

:-& Tongue-tied

0:- ) Saintly

:-0 Shocked

:") blushing

:***-) body glitter

) cheshire cat

:-8( condescending

:-| :-| deja vu

(_x_) kiss my butt

<:3 )~ mouse
:@) pig
:-$ put your money where your mouth is
3 :*> rudolf the reindeer

:-y said with a smile

*<|:-)> santa

:-) smiley

:’-) tears of laughter

:-P stick tongue out

:-(*) you make me sick

x-( you're mad

:-" whistling

;-) wink

SMS Texting

BM Val Be my valentine

CU@ See you at ...

CU Soon See you soon

XO Hugs and kisses

IAD8 It’s a date

IM 4 U I am for you

Its F8 It’s fate

KOTC Kiss on the cheek

LDR Long distance relationship

LSKOL Long slow kiss on the lips

LTNS Long time no see

Luv U2 Love you too

Luv U Love You

MU Miss you

MUSM Miss you so much

QT Cutie

WAN2:-* Want to kiss?

U4E Yours forever

UR4Me You are for me

A3 Anyplace, anytime, anywhere

B4N Bye for now

BCNU Be seeing you

BOL Best of luck

CUL See you later

DNR Dinner

EZ Easy

FYI For your information

GMTA Great minds think alike

HAND Have a nice day

HRU How are you

IYKWIM If you know what I mean

L8R Later

JK Just kidding

MTE My thoughts exactly

NE1 Anyone

NP No problem

OIC Oh, I see

PCM Please call me

PLS Please

ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing

RUOK Are you OK?

THNQ Thank you

TTFN Ta-Ta for now

UROK You are OK

XLNT Excellent

brb be right back

btw by the way

imho in my humble opinion

imnsho in my not so humble opinion

lol laughing out loud

rtfm read the manual

ygm you got mail

:-) Smiling

:-* Kiss

:-D -- Laughter

:-)) Very happy

;-) Winking

:-& Tongue-tied

0:- ) Saintly

:-0 Shocked

:") blushing

:***-) body glitter

) cheshire cat

:-8( condescending

:-| :-| deja vu

(_x_) kiss my butt

<:3 )~ mouse
:@) pig
:-$ put your money where your mouth is
3 :*> rudolf the reindeer

:-y said with a smile

*<|:-)> santa

:-) smiley

:’-) tears of laughter

:-P stick tongue out

:-(*) you make me sick

x-( you're mad

:-" whistling

;-) wink

Occam's razor

Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor)often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae, translating to law of parsimony, law of economy or law of succinctness, is a principle that generally recommends, when faced with competing hypotheses that are equal in other respects, selecting the one that makes the fewest new assumptions.

The principle is often inaccurately summarized as "the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one." This summary is misleading since in practice the principle is actually focused on shifting the burden of proof in discussions. That is, the razor is a principle that suggests we should tend towards simpler theories (see justifications section below) until we can trade some simplicity for increased explanatory power. Contrary to the popular summary, the simplest available theory is sometimes a less accurate explanation. Philosophers also add that the exact meaning of "simplest" can be nuanced in the first place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

Quote about C on HPC Wire. RIP Dennis Ritchie

While many criticized the admittedly dangerous features of C (dangling pointers, unbounded array copies, promiscuous data type casting, and so on), it became popular in part because it was a no-holds-barred type of language, and allowed the programmer free reign to pursue all sorts of mischief -- both good and bad. That reflected the US software culture of the times.

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2011-10-13/another_computer_legend_passes_into_the_history_books.html

Mes tickets de transport en commun - Juillet-Aout-Septembre

Bookmarlet for the new delicious on ipad

Delicious has changed a lot last week. Too much...

If you are looking for a bookmarklet for delicious on your ipad, here
is what I use:

javascript:(function()%7Bf='http://www.delicious.com/save?url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&notes='+encodeURIComponent(''+(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():document.selection.createRange().text))+'&v=6&';a=function()%7Bif(!window.open(f+'noui=1&jump=doclose','deliciousuiv6','location=1,links=0,scrollbars=0,toolbar=0,width=550,height=585'))location.href=f+'jump=yes'%7D;if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))%7BsetTimeout(a,0)%7Delse%7Ba()%7D%7D)()

Job lottery

I had received an offer for a job I really wanted to do.  Unfortunately the salary was way to low for me to support my charges.  I was about to decline when I had an idea.  I went to buy a lottery ticket.  If I could make more than 1 or 2 years of salary difference with the Lotto, I would take the job.
I didn't win.  I declined.
A few weeks later I found another job.  Better paid. It had to be that way,  I suppose.

Attention

"Je passe ma vie à faire attention

Au lieu de faire

Attention à la vie"

Anne Roumanoff

Memorial Vandamme 2011

Entreprise Architecture : A definition

"We define enterprise architecture as the organizing logic for data, technology, and business process capabilities, captured in a set of policies and choices to achieve desired business standardization and integration."

Source : http://bit.ly/MITCISR_BostonEA_EASurvey2011

Note: Twitter better than MBA alumni

I just received an email from Vlerick management school proposing me to renew my alumni  membership before sept 23rd so I could get the alumni directory. Well last year I used my alumni directory in order to discuss my new business competences on the Media sector.  I got few responses. The MBA network is not so strong for me.  Twitter and linkedin have worked better for me...

Tablet advice for Sean

Sean,
Yes, facebook posts as soon as you hit return. Such a good system...easier to post on my blog...
I have a ipad1 and Mireille loves her Samsung Galaxy Tab (10 inches). Both are great !
I manage to do most business stuff on my ipad, even if sometimes I have to email myself my own documents. You ll need a few cheap apps like goodreader to exploit the potential. The ipad is simple to use and configure. You need itunes sometimes but it gives also an automatic backup, to be replaced by icloud in the future.
Since we have the galaxy, i could compare. As a geek I prefer the galaxy (android gives me a better control on whats happening and usb connectivity is better). Also I found a lot of free games for the kids making that they prefer the galaxy (paid games on ipad are free on android, ex : angry birds)
Also i use google a lot so android is better integrated with your google account. Problem with the galaxy 10 inch is that apple coul stopnthe galaxy sales in europe except NL, I think...
There are other tablets out there a good site to compare is tabletcenter.be. They have a shop in Antwerp that you can visit.
If you want cheaper, i would have a look at the chinese huawei but its a 7 inch.

The other things to consider:
- do you want something easy to carry ? Than 7 inches
- want to read a4 documents ? Than 10 inches
- I recommend you to take 3g and Mobile vikings (12 eur/month)
- wifi only and 10 inches, android, look at archos
If you are not sure, you will never be disappointed by a ipad.
The galaxy is very very close but different.
Hope it helps...

Envoyé de mon iPad

Konijn

Vaut mieux être "proefkonijn" que "poepkonijn" !?

Ascenseur 3

Un matin on s'étonne que  l'ordinateur portable d'un collègue est resté toute la nuit à sa place.  Ça n'est pas son habitude d'arriver si tôt.

Un autre collègue arrive et lance :
- l'ascenseur 3 est en panne depuis hier. 

On se regarde.  Tout le monde pense : "serait-il bloqué dans l'ascenseur 3 depuis hier ?"

Finalement ça nétait pas la raison.

Réflexe d'assureur...

Du neuvième étage chez un assureur on aperçoit un accident en bas dans la rue. 
Les pompiers ont répandu du sable devant une voiture sur un passage clouté. On espère que ce n'était pas un piéton qui s'est fait écraser.

Et l'assureur d'ajouter :
- est-ce qu'il est assuré chez nous ?

Dans le bus, on entend un clac

Dans le bus, on entend un clac. Une fille crie son étonnement. Une bouteille de vin rosé est sur le sol, le vin à coulé de la moitié du bus jusqu'à l'avant.

Le chauffeur s'arrête et demande :
- à qui est cette bouteille ?

Tout le bus empeste le vin rosé bon marché.

Un homme n'a pas l'air net.  Il regarde le sol.  Il peine à se tenir droit sur son siège. Le chauffeur l'interpelle en Néerlandais :
- dat zijt ge niet zeker, de enige hier zat als een patat.

(- c'est pas toi sûrement, le seul ici qui est bourré comme la Pologne )

L'homme ne bronche pas.  Je pense qu'il ne comprend pas. 

L'arrêt suivant,  il descend en titubant; il à trop honte pour rester là.

Dans le bus, la sonnette retentit...

Dans le bus, la sonnette de demande d'arrêt retentit.  Le bus stoppe comme demandé. Mais personne ne descend.  La conductrice râle en Néerlandais puis en Français.
- on à sonné ! Si quelqu'un s'est trompé, c'est pas grave.  Il s'excuse et on continue.  Maintenant j'attend que quelqu'un s'excuse avant de répartir.

Personne ne répond. 30 secondes passent. Un jeune s'écrie en Néerlandais.
- allez, celui qui a sonné, dis le ! Je veux arriver à l'heure à mon travail !

Silence. 

Encore quelques secondes à l'arrêt. 

Finalement le bus continue car sinon il sera aussi en retard.  La conductrice grommelle en flamand.

Quote from Steve Jobs

 

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.

“Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. [Wired, February 1996]

(Thanks to François)

Wielerkoers Keizer Karelfeesten Tombeek 2011

5 benefits of living without a car

It's now more than 6 months that I don't have a car.  For nearly 20 years I always had a car at my disposal. Since I started as self-employed I don't have a car anymore. Is it a problem ? Mostly not. There are even advantages.

5 good reasons to become a "BMW"  (Bus-Metro-Walk):

1. It's good for the health. You walk much more (in the station, between the stop and the office)
   
2. It's good for the stress. In the public transport, you have the time to read or to relax your brain.
   
3. It's a good social experience. If you want, you can talk to the people. People sometimes ask for help because they are lost. When the train gets stuck, people share their emotions.
   
4. It's cheaper than having a car.
   
5. It makes you smarter. Finding the best public transport route challenges your mind.

Work is following me on vacation...

Getting more

"If you only give once a month, please think of me next time".

En attendant le train

Ommegang

The 4 fondamentals of Entrepreneurs

"Executives who struggle spend too much time focused on things that don’t really matter. If it doesn’t fit into one of the Four Fundamentals: growing revenue, getting new customers, keeping the customers they already have, or eliminating costs, they should rethink what they are doing."

Source : Nine Bad Behaviors of Struggling Startup Founders

 

Marcel Vincent les as vus...

Travail en équipe

Sagesse masculine

Quand j'avais 14 ans, je souhaitais un jour avoir une petite amie.



A 16 ans, j'ai eu une petite amie, mais la passion n'existait pas. Je décidais alors de trouver une femme passionnée, qui puisse me donner l'envie de vivre.



A l'université, je suis sorti avec une fille passionnée, mais trop émotionnelle.

Tout était tranchant, c'était la reine des drames, elle pleurait tout le temps et menaçait de se suicider. Alors j'ai décidé de trouver une femme stable.



Quand j'ai eu 25 ans, j'ai trouvé une femme stable, mais lassante.

Elle était totalement prévisible et rien ne l'excitait. La vie fut si pénible que je décidai de chercher une femme exaltante.



A 28 ans j'ai rencontré la femme exaltante, mais je n'ai pu suivre son rythme. Elle allait d'un côté à l'autre sans jamais s'arrêter. Elle était impétueuse et flirtait avec n'importe qui, elle me rendit misérable autant qu'heureux. Au début c'était amusant et stimulant, mais sans aucun avenir. Alors j'ai décidé de trouver une femme un peu plus ambitieuse.



Quand j'ai eu mes 30 ans, j'ai trouvé une fille intelligente, ambitieuse, les pieds sur terre. Je décidai de me marier. Elle était tellement ambitieuse qu'elle a demandé le divorce et pris tout ce que j'avais.



Aujourd'hui, à 40 ans, j'aime les connes avec de gros nichons...

Sagesse masculine

Quand j'avais 14 ans, je souhaitais un jour avoir une petite amie.



A 16 ans, j'ai eu une petite amie, mais la passion n'existait pas. Je décidais alors de trouver une femme passionnée, qui puisse me donner l'envie de vivre.



A l'université, je suis sorti avec une fille passionnée, mais trop émotionnelle.

Tout était tranchant, c'était la reine des drames, elle pleurait tout le temps et menaçait de se suicider. Alors j'ai décidé de trouver une femme stable.



Quand j'ai eu 25 ans, j'ai trouvé une femme stable, mais lassante.

Elle était totalement prévisible et rien ne l'excitait. La vie fut si pénible que je décidai de chercher une femme exaltante.



A 28 ans j'ai rencontré la femme exaltante, mais je n'ai pu suivre son rythme. Elle allait d'un côté à l'autre sans jamais s'arrêter. Elle était impétueuse et flirtait avec n'importe qui, elle me rendit misérable autant qu'heureux. Au début c'était amusant et stimulant, mais sans aucun avenir. Alors j'ai décidé de trouver une femme un peu plus ambitieuse.



Quand j'ai eu mes 30 ans, j'ai trouvé une fille intelligente, ambitieuse, les pieds sur terre. Je décidai de me marier. Elle était tellement ambitieuse qu'elle a demandé le divorce et pris tout ce que j'avais.



Aujourd'hui, à 40 ans, j'aime les connes avec de gros nichons...

Five Basic Ways to Organize Information

Jeffrey Blake - The Brand Hammer - Personal Branding, Web Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Business Development: "In his book Information Anxiety, Richard Saul Wurman notes that there are five basic ways to organize information:

• Alphabet: The organizing principle used by dictionaries and telephone books.
  
• Category: The segmentation of things by attribute or functionality, such as color (shirts) or capabilities (product line).
  
• Continuum: Similar to category, but rather than using discrete buckets, this uses a range of values that are expressed in numbers or units. Examples of these magnitude measures include from small to large or from light to heavy. A list of products ordered by price would be a continuum; at the same time, the products could be categorized as inexpensive, moderate, or expensive.
  
• Location: Physical location — in geography, points on a map; in anatomy, muscle groups; in an equipment manual, an exploded drawing.
  
• Time: A timeline or a set of eras, useful when describing product or organizational history."

Fallait pas se garer là...

From Pic of the day

 

From Pic of the day

How much time do we spend working on our computer's configuration and updates ?

I have just re-logged on an old(er) Ubuntu today to perform 'With linux only possible tasks'.
I had been using that machine for more than a year. After that I had a new one so I don't use it so much now.
What strikes me : the desktop is not optimized to my work anymore.
With time we switch tools, we visit other websites... So if I wanted to use again that machine and be productive I should spend half a day upgrading applications here and there, getting new bookmarks...
Even if you do a lot in the cloud, you want to manipulate your cloud services with toolbars and other small clients.
I realize how much time I spend in keeping our laptops up to date... It's much more than we think.

Facebook Statuses Categories

I don't remember the source, so if you know tell me so we can give credit to the author of this.

QR code on tv

Page 188 du télétexte RTBF

La carte de visite de Thomas...

Antwerp Today

I just love Antwerp's station...

20110510 Tournoi Archennes

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Anderlecht Bruges

Guy Kawazaki : Investors pitch and 10/20/30 rules

1. The important questions for the investor are 1. How much do we need to invest ? 2. What will be the return ? 3. What is the risk ? Maybe you should turn your presentation around those 3 questions.



2. Make it shorter. I like the 10/30/rule of Guy Kawasaki (Venture Capitalist): 10 slides, 20 minutes, 30 points font size...



See this video as from 24 minutes... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3755718939216161559#

Kuy Kawazaki proposes this structure for the 10 slides:

1. Title


2. Problem


3. Solution


4. Business model


5. Underlying magic


6. Marketing and sales


7. Competition


8. Team


9. Projections


10. Status and timeline

Guy Kawazaki : Investors pitch and 10/20/30 rules

1. The important questions for the investor are 1. How much do we need to invest ? 2. What will be the return ? 3. What is the risk ? Maybe you should turn your presentation around those 3 questions.



2. Make it shorter. I like the 10/30/rule of Guy Kawasaki (Venture Capitalist): 10 slides, 20 minutes, 30 points font size...



See this video as from 24 minutes... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3755718939216161559#

Kuy Kawazaki proposes this structure for the 10 slides:

1. Title


2. Problem


3. Solution


4. Business model


5. Underlying magic


6. Marketing and sales


7. Competition


8. Team


9. Projections


10. Status and timeline

Huldenberg

Pic of the day

Appepaper

Bootje

Radisson Antwerp pispot

Does Archimate support Virtualization based Technology Modeling ? Can we link Application Structure componet with Virtualization Technology Structure component? | LinkedIn

Does Archimate support Virtualization based Technology Modeling ? Can we link Application Structure componet with Virtualization Technology Structure component? | LinkedIn:


"I would model Virtualized things as Infrastructure Services." J-F Declercq.

Writing in English : The Chicago Manual of Style

What has been your experience with self-publishing a book and can you recommend a good company to work with on a project? | LinkedIn: "Did you know there is a manual called 'The Chicago Manual of Style?' This 921 pg (including index) manual is used for book publishing. She showed me that in reference books, lists of three or more items must have a comma before the 'and.' This ommission will trigger a book rejection from a publisher and makes a self published book look unprofessional. Magazines require the 'AP Style Guide' that eliminates the comma before the 'and.' (Bill Pirtle)"

Corverte

Archimate Meta-Model

Vacances de Pâques

My Photos

I post many pictures on the web.



Traditionnally I post the best pics of the year for wishing the best for the new year.





My photos are mainly to be found on Picasaweb.



You can also have a look older links and galeries (Blogger, Flickr and good old times static HTML...).

My Photos

I post many pictures on the web.



Traditionnally I post the best pics of the year for wishing the best for the new year.





My photos are mainly to be found on Picasaweb.



You can also have a look older links and galeries (Blogger, Flickr and good old times static HTML...).

Bruxelles dans les travaux...

Comment voulez vous que nos enfants nous écoutent...

Waarom onze kinderen soms niet luisteren.....:

"Comment voulez vous que nos enfants nous écoutent...

Tarzan vit à moitié à poil...

Cendrillon rentre à minuit...

Pinocchio passe son temps à mentir...

Aladin est le roi des voleurs...

Batman conduit à 320km/h...

La Belle au bois dormant est une flemmarde...

Blanche Neige vit avec 7 mecs...

Le petit Chaperon rouge n'écoute pas sa mère...

Faut donc pas s'étonner après si les gosses font des conneries !!!!!"

Why Nobody is Doing Enterprise Architecture | ZapThink

Holons...

Why Nobody is Doing Enterprise Architecture | ZapThink: "There once were two watchmakers, named Hora and Tempus, who made very fine watches. The phones in their workshops rang frequently; new customers were constantly calling them. However, Hora prospered while Tempus became poorer and poorer. In the end, Tempus lost his shop. What was the reason behind this?

The watches consisted of about 1000 parts each. The watches that Tempus made were designed such that, when he had to put down a partly assembled watch (for instance, to answer the phone), it immediately fell into pieces and had to be reassembled from the basic elements.

Hora had designed his watches so that he could put together subassemblies of about ten components each. Ten of these subassemblies could be put together to make a larger sub- assembly. Finally, ten of the larger subassemblies constituted the whole watch. Each subassembly could be put down without falling apart."

Fleurs sur la grand place.

Eten bij VTI

Pourquoi lire et faire lire des histoires ?

Pourquoi lire et faire lire des histoires ?: "Cela a une très grande importance au niveau du développement :

• Affectif
• Social
• Culturel
• Intellectuel

Donc, lire est ASCI...



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Printemps au Jardin

Concert bij vti

Nettoyage de la rue

Bad girls go to Brussels...

tsoin tsoin

Tchou tchou

Come on Belgium !

Venise...

Mannenkenpis militaire

Dell duo en italie

Bruxelles central parle avec anvers centraal

Printemps à Bruxelles

Musique d'attente

Linked In says thank you

"I want to personally thank you because you were one of LinkedIn's first million members (member number 447831 in fact!*). In any technology adoption lifecycle, there are the early adopters, those who help lead the way. That was you. " (Reid Hoffman)

I feel pleased...

Mariage...

Les Blagues Catholiques: "L'évêque fait passer un exament aux futurs communiants.Il s'adresse à un premier enfant:
-Qu'a dit le Seigneur en instituant le sacrement du baptême?
-il a dit:'Je te baptise au nom du Père du Fils et du Saint-Esprit'!
-Très bien!Et toi demande-t-il à un second enfant, qu'a dit-t-il dit pour l'Eucharistie?
-Il a dit:'Prenez et mangez, ceci est mon corps, ceci est mon sang', répond le second enfant.
-Parfait! Et toi, demande-t-il à un troisième enfant, qu'a dit le Seigneur en instituant le sacrement du mariage?
-'Heu...Heu...Ah oui! C'est quand il a dit:'Mon Dieu, pardonnez-leur, car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font'?

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Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning | ire&#39;s morning|

Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning | ire's morning|: "Now, exactly what does making meaning connote? And how can we do it?

Making meaning implies adding significance or value to something; doing something that is novel, relevant, appropriate, worthwhile and highly useful.
For example, in the context of Bangkok, you probably agree that opening another spa or internet cafe does not create much value, while coming up with an innovative traffic and transport concept for the metropolis represents a significant value proposition. As Guy Kawasaki points out, making meaning is all about making our world a better place. We can achieve this noble objective by following one of three paths toward meaningful value creation:
- increase the quality of life
Many truly great innovations in the history of humanity greatly increased the quality of people's life. Can you imagine how our daily lives have changed by the invention of the personal computer? What about mobile phones or the internet? How about air conditioning or electricity, not to mention airplanes, cars, and other means of transport. We need to ask: How can we increase the quality of life of our customers with what we're doing? Over 100 million products sold testify to how the iPod has increased the quality of life for music lovers around the world.

-Right a wrong
Take note of problems you encounter as you go through life on a list and look for ways to turn these problems into business or innovation opportunities. What annoys you and needs to be fixed? What does not work as well as it should? What is poorly designed and needs improvement? What unmet and often unarticulated need has not yet been addressed by the market? What really sucks and could be changed for the better by you? Online music is a good example: P2P-sharing services allowed people to easily find their favorite songs online. In October 2003, Apple righted another wrong by offering a legal way to acquire songs online with the opening of the iTunes Music Store.

-Prevent the end of something good
As the world changes, people vary in their perception of which of these changes are good and bad. Is there something good, beautiful, or wonderful that is about to come to an end due to changes in the environment? If you just cannot stand the fact that something good is about to end, turn the problem into an opportunity to start a business, an innovation project or a social movement. For example, in Africa, national parks with premium safari lodges help to preserve the beauty of the African wilderness while creating job opportunities for the locals and tourism income for the country and its entrepreneurs.

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Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning | ire's morning|

Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning | ire's morning|: "Now, exactly what does making meaning connote? And how can we do it?

Making meaning implies adding significance or value to something; doing something that is novel, relevant, appropriate, worthwhile and highly useful.
For example, in the context of Bangkok, you probably agree that opening another spa or internet cafe does not create much value, while coming up with an innovative traffic and transport concept for the metropolis represents a significant value proposition. As Guy Kawasaki points out, making meaning is all about making our world a better place. We can achieve this noble objective by following one of three paths toward meaningful value creation:
- increase the quality of life
Many truly great innovations in the history of humanity greatly increased the quality of people's life. Can you imagine how our daily lives have changed by the invention of the personal computer? What about mobile phones or the internet? How about air conditioning or electricity, not to mention airplanes, cars, and other means of transport. We need to ask: How can we increase the quality of life of our customers with what we're doing? Over 100 million products sold testify to how the iPod has increased the quality of life for music lovers around the world.

-Right a wrong
Take note of problems you encounter as you go through life on a list and look for ways to turn these problems into business or innovation opportunities. What annoys you and needs to be fixed? What does not work as well as it should? What is poorly designed and needs improvement? What unmet and often unarticulated need has not yet been addressed by the market? What really sucks and could be changed for the better by you? Online music is a good example: P2P-sharing services allowed people to easily find their favorite songs online. In October 2003, Apple righted another wrong by offering a legal way to acquire songs online with the opening of the iTunes Music Store.

-Prevent the end of something good
As the world changes, people vary in their perception of which of these changes are good and bad. Is there something good, beautiful, or wonderful that is about to come to an end due to changes in the environment? If you just cannot stand the fact that something good is about to end, turn the problem into an opportunity to start a business, an innovation project or a social movement. For example, in Africa, national parks with premium safari lodges help to preserve the beauty of the African wilderness while creating job opportunities for the locals and tourism income for the country and its entrepreneurs.

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Légende Hindoue sur le pouvoir divin

«Une vieille légende hindoue raconte qu'il y eut un temps où tous les hommes étaient des dieux. Mais ils abusèrent tellement de leur divinité que Brahma, le maître des dieux, décida de leur ôter le pouvoir divin et de le cacher à un endroit où il leur serait impossible de le retrouver. Le grand problème fut donc de lui trouver une cachette.

Lorsque les dieux mineurs furent convoqués à un conseil pour résoudre ce problème, ils proposèrent ceci : 'Enterrons la divinité de l'homme dans la terre.' Mais Brahma répondit : 'Non, cela ne suffit pas, car l'homme creusera et la trouvera.'

Alors les dieux répliquèrent : 'Dans ce cas, jetons la divinité dans le plus profond des océans.'

Mais Brahma répondit à nouveau : 'Non, car tôt ou tard, l'homme explorera les profondeurs de tous les océans, et il est certain qu'un jour, il la trouvera et la remontera à la surface.'

Alors les dieux mineurs conclurent : 'Nous ne savons pas où la cacher car il ne semble pas exister sur terre ou dans la mer d'endroit que l'homme ne puisse atteindre un jour.'

Alors Brahma dit : 'Voici ce que nous ferons de la divinité de l'homme : nous la cacherons au plus profond de lui-même, car c'est le seul endroit où il ne pensera jamais à chercher.'

Depuis ce temps-là, conclut la légende, l'homme a fait le tour de la terre, il a exploré, escaladé, plongé et creusé, à la recherche de quelque chose qui se trouve en lui. » (Eric Butterworth, Découvre la puissance en toi)

Le Club positif de Christian Godefroy, Autosuggestion, Auto hypnose et Smei:

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Tout enfant est en quelque façon un génie....

J'aime les textes de Christian Godefroid même s'il a un côté gourou qui m'inquiète...

Cette histoire est jolie..



Quand elle avait 9 ans,
 Jessica m'a offert un cadeau pour le
 moins original.

   Je déchirais le papier avec
 précaution, parce qu'il était évident
 qu'elle avait mis tout son coeur à faire
 le paquet sur lequel elle avait écrit
 son nom en couleur.

   Alors que j'étais sur le point
 d'ouvrir enfin la boîte, le sourire de
 Jessica s'agrandit. Ses petites joues
 étaient rose de bonheur !

   Mais... il n'y avait rien dans la
 boîte.

   - Jessica ? Mais la boite est vide!
 Qu'est ce que ça veut dire ?

   - Si, elle est pleine ! répliqua ma
 petite fille. C'est une boite à bisous
 que j'ai remplie moi toute seule. Quand
 tu
   en voudras un, tu l'ouvriras et tu
 auras un bisou.

   J'avais les larmes aux yeux.

   Si ma fille m'avait offert un dessin
 ou une cravate, je les aurais sans doute
 vite oubliés.

   Mais sa boîte renferme un étrange
 pouvoir : quand je la regarde, elle fait
 remonter des souvenirs, des images
 douces et joyeuses comme des films de
 vacances.

   « Tout enfant est en quelque façon un
 génie, et tout génie un enfant. »
   Arthur Schopenhauer

©2011 Christian Godefroy, Chesières
Reproduction autorisée sans aucune modification du texte
et avec la mention de l'origine: www.cpositif.com

Jamaica : View from our room last week...